Michelle Obama booed at NASCAR race

ByRobert E. Pierre

November 21, 2011

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama hugs a guest at a barbecue for active duty and retired military personnel and their families, part of their Joint Forces initiative, before the start of the Ford 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, November 20, 2011. (JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS)

They were standing along Sgt. Andrew Barry, a military sniper who was wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, was there with his wife and four children.